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Sheep & Grapes Online Workshop
VirtualA free, 2-part online workshop about the production, soil health, and climate benefits of integrating sheep into the vineyard. Hear from Wine Country farmers, as well as university and extension specialists. Due to current public health concerns, this workshop will be held online. Please register for each day separately. Thank you for your understanding. […]
Eco-Printing Demo with Cory Gunter Brown of Earth My Body
VirtualExplore the color and mark-making possibilities of plants growing near you. Northern California Fibershed Producer member Cory Gunter Brown of Earth My Body will lead us in a virtual demonstration of eco-printing with foraged plant materials and a cloth or existing clothing. No prior experience is necessary. This is a free offering by Fibershed […]
Mending Techniques + Patchwork Pouch Virtual Demo
VirtualMending Techniques + Patchwork Pouch Virtual Demo with Heidi Iverson of Honeyfolk Clothing Try your hand at simple stitching techniques that can repair, revive, and refashion the clothes and textiles in your life. Northern California Fibershed Producer member Heidi Iverson of Honeyfolk Clothing will lead us in a virtual demonstration of hand stitching techniques […]
Regenerating Our Textile Systems Course – Session 1
VirtualSession 1: Defining Regeneration for Fiber & Textile Systems April 29, 9:00-10:30 am PST From carbon cycling to creative supply chain partnerships, we will explore the fundamental connections between atmosphere and soil. We will explore the practical ways in which we can balance risk in the supply chain to meet our climate goals. Click here […]
Natural Dye Virtual Demo + Navajo Nation Mask Drive
VirtualLearn how plants in your garden and pantry can provide color for your cloth mask, and help us send a bulk donation of California Cloth Foundry masks to the Navajo Nation Chinle Chapter. Fibershed is sponsoring a virtual demonstration of natural dyeing a cotton mask with plants that are also known for their medicinal properties. […]
Regenerating Our Textile Systems Course: Session 2
VirtualSession 2: Designing for True Circularity and Biological Systems Framing circularity within the capacity and design of natural systems, including a San Francisco Bay case study on micro-plastic fiber pollution. Core learnings: Learn about the current industry-led definition of circularity and example of circularity in practice Using holism to avoid life cycle “leakages” and externalized […]
Regenerating Our Textile Systems Course: Session 3
VirtualSession 3: Deepening Impact Assessments toward Social and Climate Goals Why is taking a holistic perspective critical to meeting our goals, and how might we approach life cycle assessments to ensure our measurement and modeling are leading us in the right direction? Additional details to come. Register here
2020 Fibershed Wool & Fine Fiber Symposium: Healthy Soil and Sea
VirtualThe 9th annual Fibershed Symposium will focus on how natural fiber and dye systems can positively impact soil and sea. Join us this November 12 - 14: From the landscape to the seascape, the largest active carbon pools on planet earth are where we humans work, and where the impacts of our lives are made […]
Fibershed Learning Center Opening Workshop
Fibershed Learning Center 14000 Point Reyes - Petaluma Road, Point Reyes Station, CA, United StatesOur Northern California Fibershed Learning Center will hold a soft grand opening, September 18, 2021, celebrated through the classes that will provide hands-on skills to the community, as well as time to gather in appreciation of local design community graduates who generated beautiful textiles within Fibershed’s Zero-Waste design challenge. Available classes: Make a Twined Basket […]
Natural Palettes of Seasonal Color in West Marin with Sasha Duerr
Fibershed Learning Center 14000 Point Reyes - Petaluma Road, Point Reyes Station, CA, United StatesJoin Sasha onsite at the Fibershed Learning Center in Point Reyes Station for a day of exploring fall color and the natural palettes of seasonal color in Northern California. We will gather a variety of onsite ingredients, then make and use natural dye baths with those ingredients and others. Together we will create a […]